STUDIO NEXT

Studio Next is an Artist-run art space in the City of joy and culture, KOLKATA. Surrounded by the Ganges River, the East Kolkata Wetlands, the countryside, and the Colonial remain, The Kolkata Airport, Old Kolkata, and the New Town. Studio Next is a non-profit art organization founded by artists and connoisseurs to promote alternative contemporary art practice and a platform for alternative art education and cross-cultural understanding. It is an artist-run organization with Studio, Exhibition space, Projection room, local artisan accesses that supports the open exchange of ideas. This multi-dimensional cultural space is the newest addition to the location it is situated. We believe that when people from different parts of the world work together, they gain insights that bridge cultural divides and the sharing of ideas, skills, and experiences inspires actions and enables collaboration for good. Studio Next seeks to contribute to positive social change through collaborations between Indian and international artists, as well as galvanize greater community involvement in sustainable change…… Studio Next offers a creative dialogical space. A portal to rethink perceptions of culture, nature, and socio-political implication of art. Faced with serious environmental, social, political, and health challenges, we need to develop another understanding of the world and of the self. The current (visual) idiom is incited to develop a deeper understanding that includes postmodern narratives. We would work to bring the transformative power of art to the most impoverished communities around our ecosystem through participatory and multifaceted projects that preserve and support indigenous art and culture.

We have a self-directed governing body, the organization is an alternative to mainstream institutions and thrives on the network of active participants, artists, museologists, curators, cultural communities, and traditional artisans.